Football Legends: The top 100 stars of the modern game

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The McIlvanney brothers, Hugh and William (and William’s son, Liam) were from Kilmarnock, my home town.

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A series of fun football biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers and their incredible journeys from childhood to super-star professional players. A compelling study of two footballing giants, doomed to be remembered differently due to the circumstances of their deaths. Brentford Reimagined takes us on a magical journey, back through the club’s history, with hundreds of classic, long-forgotten, or never before seen, Brentford photos having been colourised using the latest software to bring memories of yesteryear back to life.

Perfect for the whole family to collect and share, Ultimate Football Heroes allows you to take a peek into the lives of your favourite football icons and learn about what makes them tick. And with over 70 players in the series, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Jack Grealish and many more, you can learn about what it takes to be the best of the best!

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Photograph: Sony Pics/Everett/Rex Michael Sheen as Brian Clough (front right) in the 209 film of The Damned United.

LIMITED EDITION GOLD FINAL EDITION A limited edition print run of the updated Griffin Park book has been produced that includes the final two seasons at our proud old stadium – featuring photographs and memories from the club’s stunning 5-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday that proved to be the last competitive match Bees supporters could attend in person – as well as the last-ever match against Swansea City in the play-offs. This cracking hard-back book, compiled by respected club author Colin Abbott, is crammed full of the stories, photographs and recollections from Villa fans who shared that historical European triumph – not only by roaring their team on under the Villa Park floodlights – but also by those who made life-defining trips to the far corners of the continent, which culminated in that mystical day in Rotterdam when over 12,000 Villans made the pilgrimage to Holland. Set against the backdrop of a global pandemic that had threatened to change our everyday lives for good – at a time when we needed football more than ever to escape reality.

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Tom has an intuitive natural playing ability but, as he grapples with repressed sexuality and the isolation of being far from home and family, his un- natural-ness as a footballer becomes apparent. Peace’s masterful novel depicting the 44-day tenure of Brian Clough as manager of Leeds United depicts how his paranoia and loneliness (and irrationality) grow with his increasing isolation. We have unearthed hundreds of never-used or long-forgotten photographs, reproduced alongside a match report from every game, a player profile of every Villa player (with a photo), interviews with some of the stand-out players, as well as league tables and statistical information season by season. With an entry on each of the 24 clubs competing in the WSL and Championship as well as the England national team, the book also contains a foreword by UEFA women’s football chief and former FIFA World Best Player Nadine Keßler.Arsenal Historians, Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly, along with editor Tim Stillman, uncover how Royal Arsenal grew to become the Champions of the South – encapsulating the football lives of the founders, players, administrators and supporters of the forerunners of The Arsenal Football Club. Seager takes us on a evocative journey down Memory Lane – through the 1997/98 and 2001/02 League and FA Cup successes – however, it is the method he’s chosen to do so that is refreshingly different to any other football book you will have read. The Manchester United Book of the Seventies is the most comprehensive and thorough retrospective look at the decade imaginable, including match reports, player profiles, in-depth statistical information, a month by month diary, plus a multitude of rarely seen or long-forgotten photos and memorabilia. It tackles homophobia – the one remaining taboo in football – with a sensitivity that’s brilliantly nuanced.